Egyptians vote in first democratic presidential election

Egyptian voters line up to cast ballots in Basateen, a southern suburb of Cairo, on May 23, 2012, the first of two days of presidential voting after 16 months of interim rule by the Supreme Council of Armed Forces.

Suhaib Salem / Reuters

A policeman hangs a list of voters' names outside a polling station in Cairo.

Ian Johnston, msnbc.com reports — A dying man came "for my children," a college student said he finally felt "like a citizen of this country," and an undecided voter was just happy to take part in "a historic" moment.

Fifteen months after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak during the Arab Spring uprising, BBC News reported lines began growing at many polling stations shortly after they opened at 8 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET). Read the full story.

Voters argue with a soldier as they wait to cast ballots in Basateen a southern suburb of Cairo.

Pete Muller / AP

Ahmed Maher, a co-founder of the April 6 Revolutionary Movement, waits in line to vote at a polling center in Maadi, a southern suburb of Cairo. The April 6 Movement was one of the leading youth protest movements during the uprising against former President Honsi Mubarak last year.